It’s hard to maintain your hill fitness when you can’t get to the hills, right? Well, not necessarily. Every client that books an expedition with RockRiver Expeditions is sent an information pack. If it’s a hill or mountain expedition...

​In this blog I show what I take in my personal first aid kit when I go hiking, what I add to it when I’m leading a group, and what extras I ensure I have when I’m trekking in more remote areas of the UK and abroad. “What’s the point of...

Distance: 7 miles Suggested hiking time: 5hrs Start / finish: Ogwen Cottage, Gwynedd, Wales This is a deceptively hard day but well worth it for the photo opportunities! Leave your car at Ogwen Cottage and head behind the buildings and around the east side of...

Some might say I’m a little obsessed when it comes to trig points. I photograph them, I photograph myself at them, I photograph the little plaque that’s on them, I deviate from routes because there’s one nearby and I can’t miss it out. So I...

If you missed the previous instalments of my story to climb Mt Elbrus you can click here to read Part One (Days 1 to 4) and Part Two (Days 5 to 7) Day 8 – Saturday 2nd September. Elbrus Summit Day At a quarter past midnight the alarm clock went off. I’m...

If you missed Part One of my journey to the summit of Elbrus (Days 1 to 4) of this blog you can find it here Setting foot on Elbrus Day 5 – Wednesday 30th August After four days in Russia and three of those spent acclimatising in the mountains, it was...